Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 09:09:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Differential cards Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980521090000.28296A-100000@george.arc.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980521083930.9203A-100000@keg.cs.vu.nl>
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On Thu, 21 May 1998, Guido Kollerie wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 1998, Richard Foulk wrote: > > > } I have purchased 2 Barracuda ST32171WD Ultra-scsi 3 HDs ($89 each ;^) ) > > } and I have to buy a differential scsi card. Has anyone had any good/bad > > } experiences with the mylex 958d cards? > > > > I've had trouble with other mylex interfaces. I'd stay away from this one > > simply because it's not very popular, thus support will be spotty. Strange. I used a BT-958 fast/wide (but not differential) for some time and, with a fast disk got excellent results (as a single user of the system). And, that was with the old driver with no tagged queuing. Assuming the debug stage is past, the new driver: > > Very recently Justin T. Gibbs released a new device driver for the > Multimaster series, which includes the bt-958d. Hence support seems to be > just fine to me. should make performance even better with multiple disks and/etc. (I haven't tried it). My only complaint about the BT-9xx series is that they are kind of pricey - the reason I would tend to go with the Symbios-based boards is that they are usually cheaper. Granted, I don't have differential drivers or controller, so, I can't verify that that the -D version has no problems, but, I fail to see why trouble would be more likely than usual with the BT-958D. Anybody out there using the BT-958D? Any trouble? -- Hugh LaMaster, M/S 233-21, ASCII Email: hlamaster@mail.arc.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Or: lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 No Junkmail: USC 18 section 2701 Phone: 650/604-1056 Disclaimer: Unofficial, personal *opinion*. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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